Material pretreatement method using low-temperature extrusion and multienzyme synergistic degradation

ABSTRACT

A material pretreatment method using low-temperature extrusion and multienzyme synergistic degradation. A to-be-extruded material added with enzyme preparations and having a certain moisture content is blended before extrusion, the to-be-extruded material is fed into a screw extrusion device and is to be subjected to low-temperature extrusion treatment, multiple enzyme preparations are added in the material before extrusion, and starch, cellulose, protein and other substances in the material are degraded under the synergistic effect of the added multiple enzyme preparations in an extrusion process. Compared with the prior art, the yield of glucose and maltose converted from starch is improved, the residual oil rate of oil material meals is reduced, soluble substances of plant fiber materials are increased, and compared with the process of the traditional technology, the time needed in converting a protein material into a polypeptide material is shortened.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is the U.S. national stage of application for InternationalApplication No. PCT/CN2017/079681, filed on Apr. 7, 2017. Priority under35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 35 U.S.C. § 365(b) is claimed from ChineseApplication No. 201610219779.5, filed on Apr. 11, 2016, the disclosuresall of which are also incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention belongs to the technical field of pretreatment ofmaterials, and the materials include: starch materials, oil materials,and vegetable fiber materials. The invention also relates to apretreatment technique for proteinaceous materials.

BACKGROUND ART

1. The Extrusion-Enzymolysis Studies of Starchy Materials

A large number of experimental studies conducted by domestic and foreignscholars have shown that starchy cereals and the starch thereof treatedby extrusion with the addition of enzyme preparations have the starchdegradation rates significantly faster than those of starchy cereals andthe starch thereof treated without the addition of enzyme preparations.

The extrusion-enzymolysis studies conducted by foreign scholars are alllimited to the study of gelatinization, liquefaction andsaccharification of the extrudates of starchy cereals and the starchthereof treated by extrusion with the addition of only one enzymepreparation. The representative results are as follows: P. Linko andcolleagues used a twin-screw extruder Clextral BC 45 to extrude thestarches of barley and wheat added with Termamyl α-amylase. Afterextrusion, saccharification was carried out for 22 h, and the DE valuewas 97%. Linko et. al. studied the production of alcohol by the starchof cereals treated by extrusion with the addition of enzyme preparations(P. Linko et. al., 1989). Govindasamy S. et. al. used a twin-screwextruder to extrude sago starch added with thermostable α-amylase(Termamyl), and the extruded sago starch was liquefied at a hightemperature, and then saccharified for 8 h to obtain a DE value of83%-98% (S. Govindasamy, 0. H. Campanella, C. G. Oates, 1995). Vasanthanet. al. studied the dextrinization of starch in barley flour treated byextrusion with the addition of thermostable α-amylase (Termamyl)(Vasanthan et. al., 2001). Tim Baks et. al. studied the gelatinisationof wheat starch in a twin-screw extruder and the reaction between anenzyme and gelatinised starch mixtures (Tim Baks, Frans H. J. Kappen,Anja E. M. Janssen, Remko M. Boom, 2008). Normell Jhoe deMesa-Stonestreet et. al. studied the production of sorghum proteinconcentrate by sorghum flour treated by extrusion with the addition ofan enzyme preparation (Normell Jhoe de Mesa-Stonestreet, Sajid Alavi,Jeff Gwirtz, 2012).

The extrusion-enzymolysis studies conducted by domestic scholars arealso limited to the study of the degradation of cereal starch treated byextrusion with the addition of only one enzyme preparation. For example,Ran Xu et. al. used a twin-screw extruder to study the regularity ofconverting corn starch treated by extrusion with the addition of ahigh-temperature-resistant α-amylase at an extrusion temperature (barreltemperature) of 85° C.-105° C. into reducing sugar (Ran Xu, Li Lingling,Jiang Linmao, Liu Xuewen, Wang Wenxian, 2006). Sun Yuqing and Ran Xustudied the feasibility of using a twin-screw extruder to extrude thecorn starch added with only α-amylase at an extrusion temperature(barrel temperature) of 90° C.-100° C. to produce maltodextrin, focusingon the influences of three parameters of barrel temperature, materialmoisture content and enzyme concentration on the DE value ofmaltodextrin (Sun Yuqing, Ran Xu, 2006). Chinese scholars Hongyan Li et.al. applied the extrusion-enzymolysis technology to study theliquefaction, saccharification and fermentation processes for preparingrice wine using sticky rice added with only thermostable α-amylase at anextrusion temperature (barrel temperature) of 90° C.-110° C. (HongyanLi, Zhengyu Jin*, Xueming Xu, 2013). Enbo Xu et. al. applied theextrusion-enzymolysis technology (with the addition of only thermostableα-amylase at an extrusion temperature (barrel temperature) of 98°C.-140° C.) to study the effects of extrusion-enzymolysis parameters onphenolics and antioxidant activity of glutinous rice (Enbo Xu, ZhengzongWu, Jie Long, Fang Wang, Xueming Xu, Zhengyu Jin, Aiquan Jiao, 2015).

The Chinese patent No. ZL200710015601.X granted on Jun. 15, 2011(invention title: Processing method, device and saccharification methodfor starch syrup raw material by extruding and adding enzyme) provides aprocessing method, a processing apparatus and a saccharification methodof starch syrup raw materials added with enzyme preparations byextrusion cooking in a starch syrup production process. It is used tosolve the problem that longer saccharification time is required forobtaining the syrup having a higher DE value (for example, DE=95%) inthe prior art.

The Chinese patent No. ZL200710015601.X specifically discloses “theabove-mentioned processing method is used for preparing a starch syrupraw material added with enzyme preparations by extrusion cooking,wherein the starch syrup raw material, before extrusion, is added withan appropriate amount of enzyme preparation including one or more ofenzyme preparations like high-temperature-resistant α-amylase . . .mesophilic α-amylase, amyloglucosidase . . . complex enzyme.”

However, in fact, when the extrusion-enzymolysis technology studies werecarried out by domestic and foreign scholars at present, the extrusiontemperature is 85° C.-155° C. or ≤70° C.; only one enzyme preparation isadded, including: thermostable α-amylase (Termamyl) orhigh-temperature-resistant α-amylase or mesophilic α-amylase. As aresult, the degradation effect of starch in the extrusion-enzymolysismaterial has limitations, for example, the thermostable α-amylase(Termamyl) or the high-temperature-resistant α-amylase or the mesophilicα-amylase which can only degrade α-1,4 glycosidic bond cannot degradeα-1,6 glycosidic bond.

Table 1 is the verification results of the test of preparing glucosesyrup by the extrudate from the low-temperature extrusion of thedegermed corn flour added with only the high-temperature-resistantα-amylase in replace of corn starch in the Chinese patent No.ZL200710015601.X. The saccharification time is 12 h.

TABLE 1 Verification results of test of preparing glucose syrup byextrudate from the low-temperature extrusion enzymolysis of dry-processdegermed corn (April 2010) resistant Filtration Specific Starch Residualstarch rate/ DE gravity/ Syrup conversion Glucose light starch contentof No. L(m² · h) Solids/% value/% g/ml yield/% rate/% content/%transmittance/% chromaticity content/% filter cake/% 1 582.38 32.5795.79 1.1264 103.69 95.64 27.29 92.78 1.20 0.85 0.45 2 726.67 33.1298.71 1.1358 1085 98.79 29.98 96.59 1.00 0.45 0.26 3 686.23 32.88 96.661.1350 108.31 98.47 29.82 95.73 1.20 0.57 0.36

According to the verification results of the test of preparing theglucose syrup by the extrudate from the low-temperature extrusion ofdegermed corn flour added with only the high-temperature-resistantα-amylase in replace of corn starch in the Chinese patent No.ZL200710015601.X (date: Feb. 8 to 10, 2015, location: Chi Ping), thesaccharification time is 15 h, the DE value=98.78%, and the DXvalue=96.78%.

The Chinese patent No. ZL201310300202.3 granted on Jun. 3, 2015(invention title: A saccharifying method for producing maltose syrupthrough extruded syrup raw materials with the addition of enzymes)relates to a saccharification process for the extrudate of the extrudedsyrup raw material added with enzyme preparations for producing maltosesyrup, where syrup mixing and high-temperature (128° C.-145° C.) enzymeinactivation in the prior art are omitted, and the extruded syrup rawmaterials with the addition of enzyme preparations are liquefied andsaccharified directly.

However, the Chinese Patent No. ZL201310300202.3 does not mention theenzyme preparations added to the extruded syrup raw materials with theaddition of enzyme preparations for producing maltose syrup. Asdescribed above, as to the researches with the extrusion-enzymolysistechnology carried out by domestic and foreign scholars at present, onlyone enzyme preparation is added.

In fact, the Chinese patent No. ZL201210421665.0 (invention title: Anextrusion enzymolysis and saccharification method for producingultrahigh maltose syrup raw material) granted on Nov. 5, 2014 relates toan extrusion enzymolysis and saccharification method for producingultrahigh maltose syrup raw material. Its main technical features areproviding an extrusion processing method of a maltose syrup raw materialadded with enzyme preparation for producing ultrahigh maltose syrup, anda saccharification method using the extrudate of a maltose syrup rawmaterial added with enzyme preparation. Compared with the conventionalmulti-enzyme synergistic method for producing maltose syrup without theextrusion of the maltose syrup raw materials as commonly used atpresent, the saccharification time required to achieve a maltose contentof more than 90% in the saccharification liquid obtained without theextrusion of the enzyme-added maltose syrup raw materials as in thecurrent conventional practice is only ⅔ to ½ of the current conventionalsaccharification time, and the starch production process and jetliquefaction process are omitted to avoid the environmental pollutioncaused by starch production. The invention can be used for producing anultrahigh maltose syrup having a maltose content of more than 90%, andcan also be used for producing a common maltose syrup having a maltosecontent of less than 60% and a high maltose syrup having a maltosecontent of 60%-80%.

However, as mentioned above, at present, domestic and foreign scholarsonly added one enzyme preparation in their studies of theextrusion-enzymolysis technology of maltose syrup raw materials (see CaiYuling, Experimental Study on Degermed Corn Added Amylase Extruded atLow Temperature for Production Ultra-high Maltose Syrup [D]. ShandongZibo: Shandong University of Technology, May 2011; Jin Zhengyu, A methodfor producing maltose syrup and oligo-isomaltose by extrusion added withenzyme and liquefaction (P). Application No.: CN201610222609.2, JiangnanUniversity, Apr. 11, 2016), wherein Cai Yuling added β-amylasepreparation to the materials before extrusion to prepare the extrudatefor producing maltose syrup; Jin Zhengyu addedhigh-temperature-resistant α-amylase to prepare the extrudate forproducing maltose syrup).

From 2004 to 2014, my students and I conducted the degradation processin extruder of starch in rice and corn added with only one enzymepreparation (amylase, such as high-temperature-resistant α-amylasepreparation or mesophilic α-amylase preparation or β-amylasepreparation) by low temperature extrusion at an extrusion temperature≤80° C. The results of a large number of laboratory researches andproduction pilot tests show that we have completed the followingresearch contents:

(1) The mechanical degradation, enzymatic degradation process in theextruder of starch in rice and corn added with only one enzymepreparation improves the saccharification effect of the extrudate; theinactivation regularity of the enzyme preparation added during theextrusion process along the screw length (Ma Chengye, 2010; ChenShanfeng, 2012; Cai Yuling, 2011);

(2) Revealing the regularity of forming substances from the interactionof the two or three of starch, protein and lipid of rice and degermedcorn added with only one enzyme preparation in the extruder during thelow temperature extrusion process (extrusion temperature ≤70° C.) andits influence on saccharification index (Ma Chengye, 2010; ChenShanfeng, 2012);

(3) Studying the regularity of the influence oflow-temperature-extrusion system parameters on the main inspectionindices of the subsequent gelatinization, liquefaction andsaccharification processes of extrudates added with only one enzymepreparation (Shen Dechao et. al., 2007; Xi Kewei, 2007; Ji Weiguang,2009; Zhang Chunye, 2008; Ma Chengye, 2010; Cai Yuling, 2011; ChenShanfeng, 2012; Shen Xunyu et. al., 2014).

The deficiency of the above-mentioned researches carried out by domesticand foreign scholars is that since α-amylase is an endo-amylase, it canrandomly hydrolyze the α-1,4 glycosidic bonds in starch, soluble dextrinand oligosaccharides, and the hydrolysis would form dextrin and smallamounts of glucose and maltose (Jiang Xirui, Duan Gang, 2003). Usually,cereal starch is composed of amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is mainlycomposed of glucoses linked by α-1,4 glycosidic bonds. Amylopectincontains α-1,4 glycosidic bonds and α-1,6 glycosidic bonds. At present,domestic and foreign scholars are limited to adding onlyhigh-temperature-resistant α-amylase or mesophilic α-amylase orβ-amylase preparations which cannot degrade α-1,6 glycosidic bonds ofamylopectin, when studying the extrusion-enzymolysis technology ofcereals and starches.

From 2003 to 2014, we conducted the experimental research on the starchin dry-process degermed corn using the low-temperature extrusionenzymolysis, which was also limited to the experimental research on theextrusion of dry-process degermed corn added with onlyhigh-temperature-resistant α-amylase in replace of corn starch toproduce syrup. The results showed that the saccharification carried outfor 12 h achieved the syrup DE value of 95% (DX value is about 93%)(Shen Xunyu, 2014); the saccharification carried out for 15 h achievedthe syrup DE value of 98.875% (DX value=96.875%).

From October of 2015 to the present, our preliminary studies on thelow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of starchin corn showed that the use of the extrudate from low-temperatureextrusion of the degermed corn added with a number of enzymepreparations (for example, the addition of high-temperature-resistantα-amylase, glucoamylase and pullulanase into the materials to beextruded before extrusion) as a syrup raw material (extrusiontemperature ≤80° C.) to produce glucose syrup required thesaccharification time of 15 h and achieved a DE value of about 102%. Thesyrup sample was tested by Shandong Institute for Product QualityInspection. The glucose content of the above glucose syrup was 27.5%(Shandong Product Quality Inspection Research Institute. Test Report ofStarch Syrup, 2016). According to our tests, the solids content of syrupwas 25.5% and 25.25% and the average value was 25.375, so the DX valueof syrup=(27.5/(25.375×1.1015))×100%=98.39%, wherein 1.1015 was therelative density of syrup (our test results).

Table 2 is the results of liquid chromatography analysis of thepreparation of glucose syrup using the extrudate from thelow-temperature extrusion of dry-process degermed corn added with anumber of enzyme preparations (e.g., high-temperature-resistantα-amylase, glucoamylase and pullulanase) in replace of starch conductedfrom Apr. 27, 2016 to May 11, 2016.

TABLE 2 Liquid chromatography analysis results of preparation of glucosesyrup by the extrudate from low-temperature extrusion enzymolysis ofdry-process degermed corn percent % name oligosac- malt malto- malto-glu- date charide/% glucan/% triose/% biose/% cose/% 2016 May 11 0.180.16 0.26 2.4 97.00 2016 May 11 0.12 0.13 0.26 2.41 97.08 2016 Apr. 270.17 0.37 0.41 2.43 96.67 2016 Apr. 27 0.13 0.35 0.43 2.89 96.19

At present, in the saccharification process using corn starch as rawmaterial to produce syrup, the saccharification liquid requiressaccharification for 50-60 h, and the syrup has a glucose content of96.67%. Table 2 is the liquid chromatography analysis results of thepreparation of glucose syrup by dry-process degermed corn extrudate inreplace of starch using the low-temperature extrusion multi-enzymesynergistic degradation of the present invention, and shows that starchis converted into glucose with the DX value up to 97.07% aftersaccharification of 13 h-15 h. (see Table 2, date: May 11, 2016,location: Shandong Rizhao).

It can be seen that low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergisticdegradation of starch in the extrudate of the degermed corn added with anumber of enzyme preparations can overcome the limitation of theextrusion with the addition of only one enzyme preparation (such ashigh-temperature-resistant α-amylase) which can only degrade α-1,4glycosidic bond in starch, but cannot degrade α-1,6 glycosidic bond ofstarch in the degermed corn, and can increase the glucose content insyrup (see Tables 1 and 2).

2. Extrusion-Enzymolysis Studies of Proteinaceous Materials

At present, the processes for preparing proteins and polypeptides aregenerally as follows: preparation of raw materials for proteins andpolypeptides→pretreatment (including: pulverization, ultrafinepulverization, microwave treatment, ultrasonic treatment, extrusiontreatment (Note: the material to be extruded is not added with anychemical reagents and enzyme preparations before extrusion),etc.)→separation (single enzyme and multi-enzyme synergistic hydrolysisor alkali solution and acidisolation)→purification→ultrafiltration→concentration→spraydrying→production into powdered protein or polypeptide products (ShiYanguo, Ren Li, Soybean Product Technology [M]. Beijing: China LightIndustry Press. 1998.3; Huang Yuyang, Li Yang, Li Yongping, Using theResponse Surface Method to Optimize the Corn Gluten Technique which theUntrasonic Help Assist Biological Active Peptide {J}, Grain Processing,2010, 35(3):56-60; Liu Jing, Zhang Guanghua, Microwave heating tohydrolysis soybean protein into low molecular weight peptides byenzymes' cooperation {J}, Food Science and Technology, 2010, 35(6):39-43).

The above-mentioned processes for preparing proteins and polypeptideshave longer process time, lower protein extraction rates, lowerconversion rates of protein to polypeptide, and higher production cost.

The Chinese patent No. ZL201210396360.9 (invention title: Preparation ofprotein and polypeptide through low-temperature extrusion enzymolysismethod) granted on Nov. 5, 2014 provides a low-temperature extrusionenzymolysis method for the preparation of protein and polypeptide,including a low-temperature extrusion enzymolysis method of rawmaterials added with enzyme preparations for preparing protein andpolypeptide, and a method of preparing a powdery protein or polypeptideproduct through carrying out conventional extraction→separation (singleenzyme and multi-enzyme synergistic hydrolysis or alkali extraction andacid precipitation)→purification→ultrafiltration→concentration→spraydrying or freeze drying on pulverized substances obtained afterlow-temperature drying of extrudates of raw materials added with enzymepreparations for preparing protein and polypeptide. The Chinese PatentNo. ZL201210396360.9 specifically discloses “the raw material added withenzyme preparations for preparing protein and polypeptide extruded bythe low-temperature extrusion enzymolysis method of the raw materialadded with enzyme preparations for preparing protein and polypeptide,wherein the appropriate amount of enzyme preparations added before theextrusion of the raw material for preparing protein and polypeptideincludes an appropriate amount of one or more of alkaline protease,neutral protease, acid protease, complex protease, and papain.”

However, according to the researches of my students and I (Wu Jing,Experimental study on extruded corn degermed with enzyme for productionsyrup and extracting protein from residue filtered (D), Shanxi Taigu:Shanxi Agricultural University. June 2010) and Examples 1 and 2 of theChinese patent No. ZL201210396360.9, when corn polypeptide powder andsoy isolate protein powder are prepared, only one enzyme preparation isadded to the raw material for preparing protein and polypeptide beforeextrusion processing: neutral protease or alkaline protease, whichlimits protein degradation and the degree of conversion intopolypeptide. It directly affects the time required for the process ofpreparing proteins and polypeptides, as well as the rate of proteinextraction and the rate of converting proteins into polypeptides. Inaddition, research reports on the pretreatment of protein materials by alow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation methodhave not been found.

3. With Regard to Oil Materials and Vegetable Fiber Materials

For the pretreatment method of oil materials and vegetable fibermaterials, research reports on the pretreatment of oil materials andvegetable fiber materials by a low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzymesynergistic degradation method have not been found.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides:

(1) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, wherein a plurality of enzymepreparations are added to the material before extrusion, and then, thematerial to be extruded is fed into a screw extrusion device forlow-temperature extrusion processing to form an extrudate;

(2) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, wherein the added enzymepreparations include: one or more of added high-temperature-resistantα-amylase, highly-efficient thermostable α-amylase, mesophilicα-amylase, amyloglucosidase, glucoamylase, highly-efficientamyloglucosidase, potent amyloglucosidase, protease, complex enzyme,etc., and one or more of added alkaline protease, neutral protease, acidprotease, complex protease and papain; the added enzyme preparationsfurther include: one or more of added complex amyloglucosidase,pullulanase, maltobiohydrolase, maltotriohydrolase, cellulase,hemicellulase, pectinase, xylanase, β-amylase, fungal α-amylase, fuelalcohol protease, alcohol-specific complex amyloglucosidase, and then,the material to be extruded is fed into a screw extrusion device forlow-temperature extrusion processing;

(3) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, wherein the added enzymepreparations include: two or more of added high-temperature-resistantα-amylase, highly-efficient thermostable α-amylase, mesophilicα-amylase, amyloglucosidase, glucoamylase, highly-efficientamyloglucosidase, potent amyloglucosidase, protease, complex enzyme,etc., and two or more of added alkaline protease, neutral protease, acidprotease, complex protease and papain; the added enzyme preparationsfurther include: two or more of complex amyloglucosidase, pullulanase,maltobiohydrolase, maltotriohydrolase, cellulase, hemicellulase,pectinase, xylanase, β-amylase, fungal α-amylase, fuel alcohol protease,alcohol-specific complex amyloglucosidase, and then, the material to beextruded is fed into a screw extrusion device for low-temperatureextrusion processing to form an extrudate;

(4) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, thematerial to be extruded including: one or more of rice, degermed corn,corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley, wheat and their starch, and crudestarch added with enzyme preparations, and one or more of cassava wholeflour, potato whole flour and their starch, and crude starch added withenzyme preparations, and the material to be extruded further including:one or more starchy materials of sweet potato whole flour, millet, blackkerneled rice, buckwheat, oat, rye and their starch, and crude starchadded with enzyme preparations;

(5) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, thematerial to be extruded including: one or more oily materials ofsoybean, corn germ, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed, sesame seed,yellow mustard seed, cottonseed, flax seed, castor seed, and perillaseed added with enzyme preparations;

(6) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, thematerial to be extruded including: stem, leaf, pod, root, fruitvegetable fiber materials from one or more of corn, wheat, barley, rice,sorghum, rape, soybean plants added with enzyme preparations;

(7) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, thematerial to be extruded including: one or more materials in the filteredmash residues from brewing beer with rice, degermed corn, sorghum rice,barley and wheat as auxiliary materials, one or more materials in thefiltered residues of sugar liquid from producing syrup with rice,degermed corn, sorghum rice, barley and wheat as raw materials, one ormore materials in the dregs or filtered residues from producing alcoholwith rice, degermed corn, corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley and wheatas raw materials, one or more materials in the defatted cakes fromproducing oil with soy, corn germ, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed,sesame, yellow mustard, rice bran and cottonseed as raw materials, andone or more proteinaceous materials in soy protein powder, corn proteinpowder, barley protein powder, wheat protein powder, peanut proteinpowder, sunflower seed protein powder, rapeseed protein powder, ricebran protein powder, sesame protein powder and cottonseed proteinpowder;

(8) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion,wherein the moisture content of the material to be extruded is ≤70%;

(9) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, andthen, feeding the material to be extruded into a screw extrusion devicefor low-temperature extrusion processing, wherein the screw extrusiondevice comprises one or more of a single-screw extruder, a twin-screwextruder, and a tri-screw extruder;

(10) a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to (1), (2) or(3), including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, andthen, feeding the material to be extruded into a screw extrusion devicefor low-temperature extrusion processing, wherein the screw extrusiondevice has the extrusion barrel temperature of ≤80° C.

The above contents of the present invention will be better understood byreferring to the following detailed description and examples.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a material pretreatment method bylow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation,including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion,wherein the extrusion barrel temperature is ≤80° C.; the moisturecontent of the material is ≤70%; a number of enzyme preparations areadded into the material before extrusion, including: two or more ofα-amylase, glucoamylase, maltase, pullulanase and protease. During theextrusion process of the material, the substances like starch, celluloseand protein in the material are degraded by the synergistic action of avariety of added enzyme preparations all the time.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention improves the yield ofconverting starch into glucose and maltose, reduces the meal residualoil rate after oil production by solvent extraction of oil materials,increases the soluble substances of vegetable fiber materials, andincreases the protein extraction rate of proteinaceous materials. Theabove deficiencies of the prior art are solved.

The processing measures of the technology of the present invention areas follows:

Step 1: a material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, wherein the added enzymepreparations include: one or more of added high-temperature-resistantα-amylase, highly-efficient thermostable α-amylase, mesophilicα-amylase, amyloglucosidase, glucoamylase, highly-efficientamyloglucosidase, potent amyloglucosidase, protease, complex enzyme,etc., and one or more of added alkaline protease, neutral protease, acidprotease, complex protease and papain; the added enzyme preparationsfurther include: one or more of added complex amyloglucosidase,pullulanase, maltobiohydrolase, maltotriohydrolase, cellulase,hemicellulase, pectinase, xylanase, β-amylase, fungal α-amylase, fuelalcohol protease, alcohol-specific complex amyloglucosidase, and then,the material to be extruded is fed into a screw extrusion device forlow-temperature extrusion processing; the screw extrusion devicecomprises one or more of a single-screw extruder, a twin-screw extruder,and a tri-screw extruder; the screw extrusion device has the extrusionbarrel temperature of ≤80° C.; the moisture content of the material tobe extruded is ≤70% before extrusion;

Step 2: preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion, thematerial to be extruded including: one or more of rice, degermed corn,corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley, wheat and their starch, and crudestarch added with enzyme preparations, and one or more of sweet potatowhole flour, cassava whole flour, potato whole flour and their starch,and crude starch added with enzyme preparations, and the material to beextruded further including: one or more starchy materials of millet,black kerneled rice, buckwheat, oat, rye added with enzyme preparations;

preparing the material to be extruded added with enzyme preparations andhaving a certain moisture content before extrusion, the material to beextruded including: one or more oily materials of soybean, corn germ,peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed, sesame seed, yellow mustard seed,cottonseed, flax seed, castor seed, and perilla seed added with enzymepreparations;

preparing the material to be extruded added with enzyme preparations andhaving a certain moisture content before extrusion, the material to beextruded including: stem, leaf, pod, root, fruit vegetable fibermaterials from one or more of corn, wheat, barley, rice, sorghum, rape,soybean plants added with enzyme preparations;

preparing the material to be extruded added with enzyme preparations andhaving a certain moisture content before extrusion, the material to beextruded including: one or more materials in the filtered residues ofbeer mash with rice, degermed corn, sorghum rice, barley and wheat asauxiliary materials added with enzyme preparations, one or morematerials in the filtered residues of sugar liquid with rice, degermedcorn, sorghum rice, barley and wheat as raw materials for syrup, one ormore materials in the dregs or filtered residues with rice, degermedcorn, corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley and wheat as raw materialsfor alcohol, one or more materials in the defatted cakes with soy, corngerm, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed, sesame, yellow mustard, ricebran and cottonseed as raw materials for oil production, and one or moreproteinaceous materials in soy protein powder, corn protein powder,barley protein powder, wheat protein powder, peanut protein powder,sunflower seed protein powder, rapeseed protein powder, rice branprotein powder, sesame protein powder and cottonseed protein powder.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to low-temperatureextrusion multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of starch in a degermedcorn extrudate, and can overcome the limitation of the aforementionedprior art about adding only one enzyme preparation during extrusion. Forexample, as to starchy materials, adding high-temperature-resistantα-amylase can only degrade α-1,4 glycosidic bond of starch, but cannotdegrade α-1,6 glycosidic bond of starch in degermed corn.

The technology of the present invention, low-temperatureextrusion—multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of materials (such asstarchy dry-process degermed corn), i.e., low-temperature extrusion ofmaterials (such as starchy degermed corn) added with a number of enzymepreparations (such as high-temperature-resistant α-amylase, glucoamylaseand pullulanase), can overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies of theprior art, and increase the glucose content and the maltose content insyrup.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for thepreparation of proteins and polypeptides by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of proteinaceousmaterials. Low-temperature extrusion multi-enzyme synergisticdegradation of proteinaceous materials is just low-temperature extrusionof proteinaceous materials added with a number of enzyme preparations(such as alkaline protease, complex protease, cellulase) to convertproteins in the materials into polypeptides. Included are a method forpreparing protein and polypeptide by low-temperature extrusionmulti-enzyme synergistic degradation of protein, and a method ofpreparing a powdery protein or polypeptide product through carrying outconventional extraction→separation (single enzyme and multi-enzymesynergistic hydrolysis or alkali-solution andacid-isolation)→purification→ultrafiltration→concentration→spray dryingor freeze drying on pulverized substances obtained after low-temperaturedrying of extrudates of raw proteinaceous materials treated bylow-temperature extrusion multi-enzyme synergistic degradation forpreparing protein and polypeptide. The present invention is used forsolving the problems of long process time, low protein extraction rate,low conversion rate of protein into polypeptide, high production cost,etc. for preparing proteins and polypeptides in the prior art.

It can be seen that for proteinaceous materials, when enzymepreparations such as alkaline protease, acid protease, neutral protease,complex protease, etc. are added, their optimum pH values arerespectively different, and the types and characteristics of theenzymatically hydrolyzed proteins are different. During the extrusionprocess, the simultaneous addition of a number of enzyme preparationscan overcome the limitations of enzymolysis of proteins by the additionof only one enzyme preparation. The process time required for thepreparation of protein and polypeptide is less than the time requiredfor the conventional process; the protein extraction rate is ≥80%; theconversion rate of protein into polypeptide is greater than 80%; and thepeptide fragments having the molecular weight of less than 1000 Da ofthe polypeptide product is ≥75%.

In a further embodiment, the present invention relates to the additionof a number of enzyme preparations for the preparation of a raw materialfor protein and polypeptide before extrusion processing when preparingcorn polypeptide powder and soy isolate protein powder, the enzymepreparation including: cellulase, hemicellulase, alkaline protease,neutral protease, acid protease, complex protease, etc. This canovercome the deficiencies brought by the addition of only one enzymepreparation, such as neutral protease or alkaline protease or acidprotease, saying, the degradation of protein and the degree of protein'sconversion into polypeptide are limited. The present invention canshorten the time required for the process of preparing proteins andpolypeptides, increase the rate of protein extraction and the conversionrate of protein into polypeptide, shorten the time required to convert aprotein material into a polypeptide material to ⅗-¾ of the time requiredfor the conventional process, and enable the peptide fragments having amolecular weight of less than 1000 Da of the polypeptide product ≥75%.

In a further embodiment, the present invention relates to thelow-temperature extrusion multi-enzyme synergistic degradationprocessing of vegetable fiber materials of stem, leaf, pod, root, fruitand the like from one or more of corn, wheat, barley, rice, sorghum,rape, soybean plants, which can increase the reduction of cellulose,hemicellulose and lignin in vegetable fiber materials by 3%-50%, makingthe extrudate more favorable for application in the fields like feedprocessing, papermaking, ethanol production by fermentation, productionof xylan and xylitol, production of xylooligosaccharide, and productionof foods and medicines for diabetics.

In a further embodiment, the present invention relates tolow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradationprocessing of oily materials like one or more oily materials of soybean,corn germ, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed, sesame seed, yellow mustardseed, cottonseed, flax seed, castor seed, and perilla seed beforesolvent extraction, which can accelerate the destruction of the cellwalls of oily materials, so that the oil in the cells rapidlyaccumulates into oil droplets, and this can accelerate the entry of thesolvent into the cells and the extraction of the oil from the cells,thus reducing the residual oil rate to 0.3%-1.0%.

The present invention has the following advantages over the prior art(the extrusion-enzymolysis technique with the addition of only oneenzyme preparation and the low-temperature extrusion technique):

increasing the yield of converting starch in starchy materials intoglucose and maltose by 0.5%-3%;

reducing the meal residual oil rate after oil production by solventextraction of oil materials to 0.3%-1.0%;

increasing the soluble substances of vegetable fiber materials by3%-30%;

shortening the time required to convert a protein material into apolypeptide material to ⅗-¾ of the time required for the conventionalprocess, and enabling the peptide fragments having a molecular weight ofless than 1000 Da of the polypeptide product 75%.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are intended to illustrate the present inventionin more details, but are not to be construed as limitations to the scopeof the present invention.

Example 1

A process for producing glucose syrup using the extrudate fromlow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation ofdry-process degermed corn.

The method for producing glucose syrup by the technology of the presentpatent is as follows:

First, the raw corn was degermed by a dry process to obtain dry-processdegermed corn flour, which was adjusted to have a moisture content ≤70%.At the same time, high-temperature-resistant α-amylase, glucoamylase andpullulanase were added; the extrusion barrel temperature was adjusted≤80° C., and then, the material to be extruded was fed into a screwextrusion device for low-temperature extrusion processing. The extrudatewas mixed with process water for producing syrup. The pH was adjusted,and high-temperature-resistant α-amylase or mesophilic α-amylase wasadded. The temperature was raised to 85° C.-95° C. and maintained for 1min-20 min, and was then decreased to 55° C.-65° C. The above liquefiedliquid was poured into a saccharification tank, followed by the pHadjustment and the addition of amyloglucosidase, for saccharificationfor 15 h. The resultant syrup had a DE value of about 100% and a glucosecontent DX of about 98%.

Example 2

A process for producing oil by the extrudate from the low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of cell walls in soybeanby solvent extraction.

First, soybean was pulverized to obtain soybean flour, which wasadjusted to have a moisture content ≤70%. At the same time, cellulase,hemicellulase and pectinase were added; the extrusion barrel temperaturewas adjusted ≤80° C., and then, the material to be extruded was fed intoa screw extrusion device for low-temperature extrusion processing. Theextrudate was dried until the moisture content was ≤10%, and the driedsoybean extrudate was introduced into a extractor to produce oil bysolvent extraction, giving soybean meal and soybean oil. The residualoil rate of soybean meal was 0.3%-1.0%.

Example 3

A process for low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergisticdegradation of vegetable fibers in stem, leaf, root and fruit of corn.

First, stem, leaf, root and fruit of corn were pulverized to obtain apulverized material which was adjusted to have a moisture content ≤70%.At the same time, cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase and xylanase wereadded; the extrusion barrel temperature was adjusted ≤80° C., and then,the material to be extruded was fed into a screw extrusion device forlow-temperature extrusion processing. The extrudate was mixed with waterfor saccharification treatment to obtain a glucose liquid. Solublesubstances were increased by 3%-30%. The extrudate can be used toproduce feed, alcohol, sugar products and their derivatives.

Example 4

A process for producing fuel alcohol by the extrudate fromlow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of starchin dry-process degermed corn.

First, the raw corn was degermed by a dry process to obtain dry-processdegermed corn flour, which was adjusted to have a moisture content ≤70%.At the same time, high-temperature-resistant α-amylase, glucoamylase,fungal α-amylase and protease were added; the extrusion barreltemperature was adjusted ≤80° C., and then, the material to be extrudedwas fed into a screw extrusion device for low-temperature extrusionprocessing. The extrudate was mixed with process water. The pH wasadjusted, and the liquifying enzyme was added. The temperature wasraised to 85° C.-95° C. and maintained for 1 min-15 min, and was thendecreased to 55° C.-65° C. The pH was adjusted, and thenalcohol-specific complex amyloglucosidase was added forsaccharification. The temperature was maintained for 5 min-60 min, andwas then decreased to 30° C.-40° C. The pH was adjusted to 3.5-5.5. Fuelalcohol protease and yeast were added to carry out fermentation. After afew hours, the desired alcohol content and starch liquor yield wereachieved. Distillation was carried out to obtain alcohol. The technologyof this project has the fermentation time of about 45 h-50 h and thealcohol content of 13%, while the prior art requires fermentation timeof about 70 h to obtain the alcohol content of 13%.

Example 5

A process for producing maltose syrup by the extrudate fromlow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation ofdry-process degermed corn.

First, the raw corn was degermed by a dry process to obtain dry-processdegermed corn flour, which was adjusted to have a moisture content ≤70%.At the same time, high-temperature-resistant α-amylase, β-amylase andpullulanase were added; the extrusion barrel temperature was adjusted≤80° C., and then, the material to be extruded was fed into a screwextrusion device for low-temperature extrusion processing. The extrudatewas mixed with process water for producing syrup. The pH was adjusted,and high-temperature-resistant α-amylase or mesophilic α-amylase wasadded. The temperature was raised to 85° C.-95° C. and maintained for 1min-20 min, and was then decreased to 55° C.-65° C. The above liquefiedliquid was poured into a saccharification tank, followed by the pHadjustment and the addition of amyloglucosidase and maltotriohydrolase,for saccharification ≥40 h, giving the maltose content of about ≤103%.

Example 6

A process for preparing corn polypeptide by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation.

A process for low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergisticdegradation of protein of corn protein powder, wherein the moisturecontent of the corn protein powder before extrusion was less than 14%,and the powder should have the particle size to pass through an 80-meshsieve. Then, an appropriate amount of water was added, with the moisturecontent adjusted to ≤70%. At the same time, hemicellulase, neutralprotease and pectinase were added in an amount of 0.1 L-5 L or 0.1 kg-5kg per one ton of raw material for preparing corn polypeptide beforeextrusion. The pH value of the added water was adjusted to 6.5-8.0. Acommercially available single-screw (or twin-screw) extrusion device wasused for extrusion processing of the above-mentioned materials. Theextrusion barrel temperature was adjusted ≤80° C. The extrudate of thecorn protein powder added with enzyme preparations for the preparationof corn polypeptide was subject to low-temperature drying at a dryingtemperature ≤70° C., with the moisture content ≤15% after drying, andthen was pulverized to completely pass through a sieve having the porediameter of 1.1-2.0 mm for use. Then, conventional extraction wasperformed to remove soluble non-protein substances (such as saccharides,lipids, etc.), followed by separation (single enzyme and multi-enzymesynergistic hydrolysis or alkali extraction and acid precipitation),purification, ultrafiltration, concentration, spray drying or freezedrying, to produce a powdered corn polypeptide product.

Example 7

A process for preparing soy isolate protein powder by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation.

A process for preparing soy isolate protein powder by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation of defatted soybean,wherein the defatted soybean meal after the solvent extraction of oilhad a moisture content of less than 14% before extrusion, and the powdershould have the particle size to pass through an 80-mesh sieve. Then, anappropriate amount of water was added, with the moisture contentadjusted to ≤70%. At the same time, alkaline protease, hemicellulose andpectinase were added in an appropriate amount of 0.1 L-6 L or 0.1 kg-6kg per one ton of defatted soybean meal. The pH value of the added waterwas adjusted to 8-12. A commercially available single-screw (ortwin-screw) extrusion device was used. The extrusion barrel temperaturewas adjusted ≤80° C. The extrudate was subject to low-temperature dryingat a drying temperature ≤70° C., with the moisture content ≤15% afterdrying, and then was pulverized to completely pass through a sievehaving the pore diameter of 1.1-2.0 mm for use. The pulverized materialof the above extrudate after low-temperature drying was then subject toconventional extraction to remove soluble non-protein substances (suchas sacchrides, lipids, etc.), and to separation (single enzyme andmulti-enzyme synergistic hydrolysis or alkali extraction and acidprecipitation), concentration and spray drying to form a powdered soyisolate protein product.

The present invention is not limited by the specific embodimentsdescribed herein in scope. The foregoing written description isconsidered to be sufficient to enable those skilled in the art topractice the present invention. In addition to those shown and describedherein, various modifications of the present invention will beunderstood by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description,and the modifications are intended to fall within the scope of theappended claims.

1. A material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, wherein two or more enzymepreparations are added to the material before extrusion, and then, thematerial to be extruded is fed into a screw extrusion device forlow-temperature extrusion processing to form an extrudate.
 2. (canceled)3. A material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, wherein the added enzymepreparations include: two or more of added high-temperature-resistantα-amylase, highly-efficient thermo stable α-amylase, mesophilicα-amylase, amyloglucosidase, glucoamylase, highly-efficientamyloglucosidase, potent amyloglucosidase, protease, complex enzyme, andtwo or more of added alkaline protease, neutral protease, acid protease,complex protease and papain; characterized in that the added enzymepreparations further include: two or more of complex amyloglucosidase,pullulanase, maltobiohydrolase, maltotriohydrolase, cellulase,hemicellulase, pectinase, xylanase, β-amylase, fungal α-amylase, fuelalcohol protease, alcohol-specific complex amyloglucosidase, and then,the material to be extruded is fed into a screw extrusion device forlow-temperature extrusion processing to form an extrudate.
 4. Thematerial pretreatment method by low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzymesynergistic degradation according to claim 1, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, the material to be extrudedincluding: one or more of rice, degermed corn, corn with germ, sorghumrice, barley, wheat and their starch, and crude starch added with enzymepreparations, and one or more of cassava whole flour, potato whole flourand their starch, and crude starch added with enzyme preparations,characterized in that the material to be extruded further including: oneor more starchy materials of sweet potato whole flour, millet, blackkerneled rice, buckwheat, oat, rye and their starch, and crude starchadded with enzyme preparations.
 5. The material pretreatment method bylow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation accordingto claim 1, including preparing the material to be extruded added withenzyme preparations and having a certain moisture content beforeextrusion, characterized in that the material to be extruded including:one or more oily materials of soybean, corn germ, peanut, sunflowerseed, rapeseed, sesame seed, yellow mustard seed, cottonseed, flax seed,castor seed, and perilla seed added with enzyme preparations.
 6. Thematerial pretreatment method by low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzymesynergistic degradation according to claim 1, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, characterized in that thematerial to be extruded including: stem, leaf, pod, root, fruitvegetable fiber materials from one or more of corn, wheat, barley, rice,sorghum, rape, soybean plants added with enzyme preparations.
 7. Thematerial pretreatment method by low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzymesynergistic degradation according to claim 1, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, characterized in that thematerial to be extruded including: one or more materials in the filteredmash residues from brewing beer with rice, degermed corn, sorghum rice,barley and wheat as auxiliary materials, one or more materials in thefiltered residues of sugar liquid from producing syrup with rice,degermed corn, sorghum rice, barley and wheat as raw materials, one ormore materials in the dregs or filtered residues from producing alcoholwith rice, degermed corn, corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley and wheatas raw materials, one or more materials in the defatted cakes fromproducing oil with soy, corn germ, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed,sesame, yellow mustard, rice bran and cottonseed as raw materials, andone or more proteinaceous materials in soy protein powder, corn proteinpowder, barley protein powder, wheat protein powder, peanut proteinpowder, sunflower seed protein powder, rapeseed protein powder, ricebran protein powder, sesame protein powder and cottonseed proteinpowder.
 8. (canceled)
 9. The material pretreatment method bylow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation accordingto claim 1, including preparing the material to be extruded added withtwo or more enzyme preparations and having a certain moisture contentbefore extrusion, and then, feeding the material to be extruded into ascrew extrusion device for low-temperature extrusion processing,characterized in that the screw extrusion device comprises one or moreof a single-screw extruder, a twin-screw extruder, and a tri-screwextruder.
 10. (canceled)
 11. The material pretreatment method bylow-temperature extrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation accordingto claim 2, including preparing the material to be extruded added withenzyme preparations and having a certain moisture content beforeextrusion, the material to be extruded including: one or more of rice,degermed corn, corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley, wheat and theirstarch, and crude starch added with enzyme preparations, and one or moreof cassava whole flour, potato whole flour and their starch, and crudestarch added with enzyme preparations, characterized in that thematerial to be extruded further including: one or more starchy materialsof sweet potato whole flour, millet, black kerneled rice, buckwheat,oat, rye and their starch, and crude starch added with enzymepreparations.
 12. The material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to claim 2,including preparing the material to be extruded added with enzymepreparations and having a certain moisture content before extrusion,characterized in that the material to be extruded including: one or moreoily materials of soybean, corn germ, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed,sesame seed, yellow mustard seed, cottonseed, flax seed, castor seed,and perilla seed added with enzyme preparations.
 13. The materialpretreatment method by low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzymesynergistic degradation according to claim 2, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, characterized in that thematerial to be extruded including: stem, leaf, pod, root, fruitvegetable fiber materials from one or more of corn, wheat, barley, rice,sorghum, rape, soybean plants added with enzyme preparations.
 14. Thematerial pretreatment method by low-temperature extrusion-multi-enzymesynergistic degradation according to claim 2, including preparing thematerial to be extruded added with enzyme preparations and having acertain moisture content before extrusion, characterized in that thematerial to be extruded including: one or more materials in the filteredmash residues from brewing beer with rice, degermed corn, sorghum rice,barley and wheat as auxiliary materials, one or more materials in thefiltered residues of sugar liquid from producing syrup with rice,degermed corn, sorghum rice, barley and wheat as raw materials, one ormore materials in the dregs or filtered residues from producing alcoholwith rice, degermed corn, corn with germ, sorghum rice, barley and wheatas raw materials, one or more materials in the defatted cakes fromproducing oil with soy, corn germ, peanut, sunflower seed, rapeseed,sesame, yellow mustard, rice bran and cottonseed as raw materials, andone or more proteinaceous materials in soy protein powder, corn proteinpowder, barley protein powder, wheat protein powder, peanut proteinpowder, sunflower seed protein powder, rapeseed protein powder, ricebran protein powder, sesame protein powder and cottonseed proteinpowder.
 15. The material pretreatment method by low-temperatureextrusion-multi-enzyme synergistic degradation according to claim 2,including preparing the material to be extruded added with two or moreenzyme preparations and having a certain moisture content beforeextrusion, and then, feeding the material to be extruded into a screwextrusion device for low-temperature extrusion processing, characterizedin that the screw extrusion device comprises one or more of asingle-screw extruder, a twin-screw extruder, and a tri-screw extruder.